Gundlach Bundschu

Open: Year Round

Gundlach Bundschu is California's oldest continuously family-owned winery, In 1857, Bavarian-born Jacob Gundlach purchased a 400-acre parcel of land in Sonoma, naming it Rhine-Farm. Charles Bundschu, from Mannheim, Germany, joined the business in 1868 and later married into the family. Today, Jim and Jeff Bundschu run the operation, with Linda Trotta as winemaker.

For six generations and over 150 years, this family has farmed their estate vineyard at the crossroads of the Sonoma Valley, Carneros and Napa Valley appellations. Today, they focus on making small lots of ultra-premium wines from this distinctive and historic property.Approximately 70 percent of the estate is planted to Bordeaux or Burgundian varietals, with 30 percent planted to other special limited-production varietals such as Zinfandel, Riesling and Gewürztraminer. They also produce an estate Tempranillo.